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Carol Rowlands’81, Lafayette’s director of admissions, is in the spotlight in USA Today’s “Talk Today” feature, a live online discussion, Thursday, Nov. 11.
Rowlands answers questions posted by participants around the nation. You can read the transcript of the discussion.
The newspaper promoted Rowlands’ participation in the chat on its website and in yesterday’s print edition: “Uneasy about the new SAT? Unsure about how to go about the college application process? Questions about building a high school record? Carol Rowlands, director of admissions at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., will provide answers to help de-mystify the college admission process.”
Rowlands is also quoted in USA Today’s Nov. 11 Life section cover story “Navigating College Admissions: Experts Can Help With Your Every Move” by Tracy Wong Briggs. The article provides advice and perspectives of college admissions and financial aid officers regarding the paperwork involved in the admissions process.
“As the college application and financial aid season swings into gear, millions of high school students will take their first plunge — by pen and paper or electronically – into complex paperwork,” the story begins. “What are admissions officers looking for? What if you don’t understand the financial aid form? It may not be fun for anybody, but there’s no way around the forms.”
On the issue of whether admissions/financial aid process and forms can or should be simplified, the article says, “Many admissions and financial aid officers say they need to know answers to everything they ask so they can make good decisions about who gets into their colleges and who needs aid most. The forms, they say, are not merely exercises in making things difficult for students.”
“’I don’t think on the admission side of things what is asked is unreasonable, because once students enroll in college, there are expectations as to what they will do to take responsibility for their learning,’ says Carol Rowlands, admissions director at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.”